Chapter 7 of the Cultural Resource Management Guideline provides the NPS procedural framework for the “Management of Cultural Landscapes.”
Chapter Contents
Fort Laramie in Wyoming
Program Objectives
Cultural Landscape Categories
Research and Identification
Documentation, Evaluation and Registration
Goodhope River Reindeer Herding Site
Significance
Integrity
National Register Nominations
Cultural Landscapes Inventory
Cultural Landscape Report
Planning
Stewardship
Treatment
Biotic Systems Treatment
Specimen Plant Management
Vegetation Systems Management
Pest Management
Endangered Species
Inventory and Condition Assessment Program-ICAP (predecessor to Facility Management Software System – FMSS)
Partnerships
Acquisition of Land and Interests
Adjacent Lands
Destruction or Neglect of Cultural Landscapes
Cemeteries
Earthworks
Monuments, Memorials and Landscape Remnants
Introducing Cultural Landscapes
“Cultural landscapes are complex resources that range from large rural tracts covering several thousand acres to formal gardens of less than an acre. Natural features such as landforms, soils, and vegetation are not only part of the cultural landscape, they provide the framework within which it evolves.
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery
In the broadest sense, a cultural landscape is a reflection of human adaptation and use of natural resources and is often expressed in the way land is organized and divided, patterns of settlement, land use, systems of circulation, and the types of structures that are built. The character of a cultural landscape is defined both by physical materials, such as roads, buildings, walls and vegetation, and by use reflecting cultural values and traditions.”
